Barbara A. Robb
155 Seaport Boulevard, Second Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2698
Firm:
Hartley Michon Robb LLP
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Overview
Barbara A. Robb and her partners pioneered the firm’s nationally-ranked executive
advocacy practice which focuses on the legal needs of executives, professionals
and select businesses in sophisticated employment matters. In 2017,
Chambers USA once again named Ms. Robb as a Leader in the Field of Labor &
Employment, Mainly Plaintiffs Representation. According to Chambers, she
can handle "complex situations and short timeframes" with "the
most amazing intellectual horsepower." Clients further report that
she is a “brilliant attorney” whose handling of sensitive situations “could not
have been better.” Also in 2015, Ms. Robb was selected as a Fellow of the
Litigation Counsel of America, a highly selective honorary society composed of
less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers who are selected based
upon their superior litigation and ethical reputations. In addition, Ms.
Robb was selected by her peers for inclusion in the 2017 Edition of “Best
Lawyers in America”, and has been listed by Thomson Reuters as a New England
Super Lawyer since 2005. A member of the Massachusetts and Boston Bar
Associations, Ms. Robb represents clients in a wide range of employment and
compensation matters, including employment and change-in-control agreements,
executive compensation, deferred and equity compensation, confidentiality
obligations, non-solicitation and non-competition agreements, severance,
retirement agreements, and buyouts of equity interests. She has
successfully represented clients in complex, multi seven- and eight-figure
matters. Her work includes claims for breach of contract, violations of the
Massachusetts Wage Act, violations of the laws prohibiting discrimination and
retaliation, sexual harassment, SOX, Dodd Frank and other whistleblower claims,
violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act, and violations of the laws
requiring reasonable accommodations for disabilities. As part of her practice,
Ms. Robb handles complex litigation in state and federal courts, before
arbitrators and at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD).
She has handled many well-known and well-regarded litigation and appellate
matters. For example, in the case of Joule, Inc. v. Simmons, Ms. Robb successfully
argued before the Supreme Judicial Court that a private arbitration agreement
does not restrict the power of the MCAD to investigate and eradicate violations
of the Massachusetts anti-discrimination laws, including by awarding
victim-specific relief. Ms. Robb also served as co-counsel in New Boston
Select Group, Inc. v. Karen DeMichele, in which the jury awarded her female
executive client a multi-million dollar verdict.
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Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (617) 723-8000
155 Seaport Boulevard, Second Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2698
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2698
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